Agitating device.



JfH. HATHAWAY.

AGITATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 1I 1909.

Patented June 13,1911.

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JOI-IN I-I. HATHAWAY, 0F MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS.

AGIIATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1911. Application ledNovember 1, 1909. i VSerial No. 525,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .loi-1N H. HATHAWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maywood, countyjof Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Agitating Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to agitating devices and more specifically to thatclass thereof known as lead breakers.

The obj ect of my invention is the provision of a device of thecharacter mentioned which will be so designed as to adapt the same to bereadily arranged in a paint-keg, upon the removal of one of the heads ofthe latter, in such a manner as Vto permit of the ready manualoscillation thereof therein, in effecting the thorough breaking of thelead or oil contained in the keg.

A further object is the provision of an agitating device as mentionedwhich will be of an adjustable nature adapting the same for arrangementin kegs of various dimensions; and further a device which will beeffectual in operation, and which will be of str-ong, durable andeconomical construction.

Other ob'ects will appear hereinafter` With these objects in view myinvention consists in an agitating as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appen claims. l

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings and in 'i forming a part of this specification, which, Y

Figure 1 is a partially sectional front elevation of my device showingthe same operatively arranged in a paint keg, the latter being shown insection, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection of the device taken on line ca of Fig. 1, Fig. 11 is a partiallysectional side elevation of the device, and Fig. .5 is a plan view oflone of `the operating handles embodied in the device.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indi- Cates an elongated cylindricalbar carrying device characterized j as above mentioned and in certaindetails of l construction and arrangement of parts allv dea jecting arms11.

radially extending arms 3 secured to its lower end by means of coupling2. Provided at the outer extremities of the arms 3 are elbows l; totherearwardly projecting ex tremities of which is rigidly secured,preferably by screw caps 5 threaded upon studs projecting from saidextremities of said elbows, a preferably rectangular perforated plate ordasher 6 disposed in parallelism with the bar 1. As seen theperforations provided in said plate are polygonal, preferablyrectangular in form, those arranged close to the upper extremity of thelatter being smaller than the others for reasons which will behereinafter described. Said plate may be of any dimensions or formdesired, but it is preferably of a length and width such as to permit ofits being snugly accommodated in a standard one-hundred pound lead keg.

Arranged at the lower extremity of the .bar 1 is an axially aliningextension 7 at the lower extremity of which is provid ed a point 8. Asclearly shown in Fig. 1, said point projects slightly below the lowerextremity of .the dasher 6, hence upon the arrangement of the device ina paint-keg, is adapted to be forced into the lower head of the lat terto form a journal for the bar 1. Freely slidable upon the bar 1 is abearing mein ber 9 in the laterally projecting coaxially disposedportions 10 of which are loosely threaded the inner ends of laterallypro- Provided at the outer extremity of each of the arms 11 is a point12. Said arms and supporting portions 10 therefor are of such lengthsand are so proportioned that upon arrangement of the device in a keg,the former may be retracted to such an extent as to permit of thepassage of the points 12 beyond the mouth edge of the keg, and aftersuch passage of said points Vbelow said edge, said arms may be sorotated in said supporting portions as to force said points outwardlyinto engagement with the groove originally provided at the mouth of thekeg for the reception of the periphery of the removed head of thelatter. Longitud-inally adjustable upon the bar 1 is a collar 13 adaptedto be locked in position thereon by a set screw 13 threaded into saidcollar, the inner extremity thereof being adapted to engage the outersurface of said bar. Said collar is arranged upon the lat-- ter belowthe member 9, hence when resting in engagementwith the member 9, isevidently adapted to serve as a means of preventing upward movementofthe bar in said member 9.

Secured, as by a detachable coupling 14, to the upper extremity of thebar 1, are laterally projecting alining arms 15 of considerable lengthat the outer extremity of each of which is provided an eye 16. Havingtheir hooked extremity 17 detachably secured to the eyes 16, areoperating handles 18 at the opposite extremities of which are providedsuitable grips 19. Said handles or links, when the device is beingoperated, are elevated to substantially horizontal position, whereuponby holding the respective grips 19 one in each of his hands, theoperator by an alternating horizontally reciprocating movement of hisarms, may readily oscillate the bar 1 and hence the dasher 6.

The operation of the device is as follows:

. Upon the upper head of the keg containing made to prevent hence thereason for tions 6 the lead to be -broken being removed, the lower endof the device is inserted centrally into said keg until the point 8thereof contacts substantially the center of the bottom head thereof.The bar 1 is then forced downwardly with suflicient force to cause saidpoint to pierce the bottom of the keg, as shown in Fig. 1. The arms 11are now adjusted to force the points 12 thereof into the before namedgroove provided at the mouth end of the keg. By means of the collar 18the bar 1 may now be locked in position against upward movement relativeto the keg, such provision evidently being disengagement of the point 8with the bottom of the keg', upon the rotation of the bar 1. ,Now bymeans of the arms 15 and handles 18, the bar 1, with the keg bottom andthe member 9 as bearing points may be oscillated, and hence the dashermay be readily oscillated in the keg to effect the thorough breaking ormixture of the lead and oil contained therein.

In the operation of the device, the denser mixture of the lead and oilit is evident will remain at t-he bottom of the keg, the less dense ofthe mixture remaining at the top,

forming the perforasmaller `and of greater abundance close to the top ofthe dasher 6 and larger and farther apart at the lower end thereof.Further by forming said perforations ofja polygonal form that is withthe number of angles, rather than circular wherein no angles would beformed in the bounding edges of the plate, it has been found that a moreeflicient breaker or mixer results.

By reason of the vertically slidable and laterally adjustable characterof the arms 11, it is evident that the device may be arranged in kegs ofvarious sizes. Through the provision of the arms 15 of a comparativelygreat length as stated and the handles 18 connected thereto in themanner described, a great leverage results whereby the force required tooperate the device is proportionately reduced. The arms 15 because ofthe detachable connection of the coupling 14 with the bar 1 may bedetached from the latter, and the handles 18 as before stated may bedetached from said arms, thereby permitting of the device being arrangedvto occupy a smaller compass, this being of evident advantage in theshipment or storage of the device.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device Ido not wish to be limited thereto as there might be various changes madein the details of construction and the arrangement of parts without.departing from the spirit ofthe invention comprehended within the scopeof the appended claims. And although I have designed my device withspecial reference to its arrangement in a the same may be used inconjunction with any other similar vessel or receptacle to which it isapplicable.

Having described my invention whaty I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A dasher for paint mixers, comprising a flat member provided withopenings therein, the said openings being larger at the bottom than atthe top, substantially as described.

2. In an agitating device, the combination with a keg having its tophead removed, of a shaft coaxially arranged therein supported upon thebottom thereof, a rectangular dasher plate having polygonal openingsprovided therein, a point provided at the lower end of said shaftpiercing said bottom, a bearing loosely mounted upon said shaft, alininglaterally projecting arms having their inner ends loosely threaded insaid bearing, points provided at the-outer ends of said arms engagingthe groove previously engaged by the periphery of the head removed fromsaid keg, a collar loose on said shaft having a set screw whereby thesame may be locked to said shaft in engagement with the lower end ofsaid bearing, laterally projecting alining arms provided at the upperend of said shaft, and horizontallyy disposed handle rods having theirends detachably secured to the outer ends of said last named arms,substantially as described.

3. In an agitating dasher, a pair of horizontal arms projecting fromsaid shaft, horizontally disposed device, a shaft, a flat paint or leadkeg have signed my In testimony whereof I the presence of naine to thisspecification in two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. HATHAVAY. Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. PoTTs, JANET E. HOGAN.

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